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Boston Bruins goalie Chad Johnson (30) swats away the puck in the third period against the Ottawa Senators at TD Garden.

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Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron (37) is congratulated by teammates including Dougie Hamilton (27) as Ottawa Senators left wing Milan Michalek (9) skates away after Bergeron scored in the third period at TD Garden.

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Production on the power play has been up this season for the Bruins.

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Boston, MA - Boston Bruins right wing Jarome Iginla (12) celebrates after scoring against Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson (41) in the second period at TD Garden on Saturday, February 8, 2014. The Bruins defeated the Senators 7-2. Photo by Matthew Healey

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Boston Bruins defenseman Kevan Miller (86) punches Ottawa Senators center Zack Smith (15) during a fight in the first period at TD Garden.

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Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron (37) is congratulated by teammates after scoring in the first period against the Ottawa Senators at TD Garden.

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For now, the NHL games are over and for the Bruins’ Olympians, the international games are finally here.

And with their day jobs taken care of for the next two-plus weeks, they can start to get excited about representing their respective countries. The B’s will have five players — Patrice Bergeron (Canada), Zdeno Chara (Slovakia), David Krejci (Czech Republic), Loui Eriksson (Sweden) and Tuukka Rask (Finland) — in Sochi, Russia, while coach Claude Julien and general manager Peter Chiarelli are also going to represent Canada.

The B’s got a taste of the pageantry Friday night when they watched Chara carry the flag for Slovakia in the dazzling opening ceremony.

“A couple of us from the Bruins texted each other (after seeing Chara),” said Krejci. “It was good to see him. He was smiling, he looked happy. We were all happy for him. It was a good thing for him.”

This will be Bergeron’s second Olympics, having won gold in Vancouver in 2010.

“It’s something that’s special, to represent your country and compete on the biggest stage in sports,” said Bergeron. “I’m very happy and fortunate to be a part of that team. I’m happy to represent Canada. (Friday) obviously was something I was watching and it got me excited to get going and I’m excited.”

Bergeron was in the Russians’ position four years ago — playing in your home country and a favorite to win the gold.

“There are nerves and some added pressure when you’re the home team,” said Bergeron. “Russia’s the same thing. Hockey’s huge for them. And we know that they always have a good team, but they’re going to come out hard and they’re going to try to win. For us, it’s going to be about trying to counter that. Home ice, you’re going to have high expectations for yourself and you’re just going to go out and try to play your game.”

This is also Krejci’s second Olympics.

“It’s always an honor when you get asked to play for your home country, especially at the Olympics,” Krejci said. “It’s a pretty cool feeling. I’m going to go out there and try to do my best and we’ll see what happens.”

Now the players who worked so cohesively in yesterday’s 7-2 blowout win over the Senators will be short-term enemies.

“Yeah, it’s a little bit weird,” said Eriksson. “I think we’re starting out against Czech so we’re playing against Krech right away so that will be fun to try and win against them. That would be a nice start for us.”

Cautionary Paille

Daniel Paille did not return for the third period. Though he didn’t specify the injury, Julien said it wasn’t serious.

“More of a cautious thing,” said Julien. “We just took him out. Our trainers thought it was best for him not to come out in the third, but he’ll be fine.”

Paille missed seven games in December with a concussion. . . .

Eriksson was sporting a fat lip from a Maxim Lapierre high-stick Thursday night in St. Louis.

“One (tooth) was tucked in, I got them fixed (Friday). I was there for a couple hours (Friday), it was a long day but they did a good job so everything is fine,” said Eriksson, who had to go to the dressing room briefly after getting another undetected high-stick yesterday.

Eriksson said he was lucky he was wearing his mouth guard.

“I probably wouldn’t have any upper teeth (if he hadn’t been wearing it),” said Eriksson.

McQuaid close

Chiarelli said that he expects defenseman Adam McQuaid, who missed the last nine games with a leg injury, to make his return at or near the resumption of NHL games on Feb. 26. This is McQuaid’s third lengthy stay on the shelf. He missed eight games with a groin-type injury and then nine with a recurrence of the same injury. . . .

Defenseman David Warsofsky, who was assigned to Providence after the game, recorded his first NHL assist on Chris Kelly’s first-period goal. . . .

Doug Mohns, who played with the Bruins from 1953-64, died Friday in Bedford at the age of 80. Mohns played 22 seasons in the NHL as a forward and defenseman, compiling 710 points.